Horseshoe



Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DREW, OF LOCKPORT, NEiV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EMMA H. DREV, OF SAME PLACE, AND VALENTINE F. COONS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HORS ESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,413, dated December 20, 1898.

Application filed April 14, 1898. Serial No. 677,582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN DREW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of horseshoes which are provided with antislipping attachments.

The object of myinvention is to provide the shoe proper at the toe and heel portions with separate plates carrying suitable antislipping calks and so constructed as to be readily attachable to and detachable from the shoe proper without removing it from the hoof.

To that end my invention consists of certain details of construction, all of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an under side view of the shoe proper carrying my improved antislipping attachments. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1, taken on the line x m. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective View of the upper antislipping-heel attachment as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the lower antislipping attachment. Fig. 5 is an end view of the upper heel portion as seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a partial section taken on the line y y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of heel attachment.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the shoe proper, adapted for direct attachment to the hoof. Its central toe portion is provided with the beveled edge 2 (see Fig. 1) and its rear heel portions with the beveled edges 3. (See Fig. 6.)

4is the separate toe-plate,provided with the sharp-edged calk 5 and the u pwardly-extending projection 6, which rests against the front wall of the hoof above the shoe proper.

7is an angular groove in the plate 4, adapted for the reception of the beveled edge 2 of the shoe proper, forming a mortised engagement to assist in keeping the toe-plate 4 in position.

8 is a lug integral with plate 4 and adapted to be bent over the beveled edge 9 of the shoe proper to keep the rear end of plate 4 in position. This plate is additionally secured by the screw 10, which passes through plate 4 and engages with the shoe proper.

Adjacent to the screw-hole in plate 4 and integral with such plate is the lug 11, adapted to be bent over against the screw 10, as shown in Fig. 2, to hold it secured in position and prevent its accidental removal.

12 is one of the separate heel-plates, having the rear calk 13, provided with the angular groove 14 (see Fig. 6) for engagement with the beveled edge 3 of the shoe proper, forming a mortised engagement.

14 is a pyramidal calk located at the forward end of plate 12.

Between the two calks 13 and 14 is thesecuring-screw 15, which passes through plate 12 and engages with the shoe proper.

16 is a lug integral with plate 12 and adjacent to the screw-hole and adapted to be bent over upon the screw 15 to lock it in position. 17 is the other heel-plate, with rear calk l8 and forward elongated calk 19. It has a mortised engagement with the shoe proper at its rear end similar to plate 12, and a locking-lug 20 to prevent the securing-screw 21 from being ac- 8o cidentallydisengaged. Bothheel-plateshave a lug 22 (see Fig. 2) on their upper faces for engagement with a socket 23 in the shoe proper to additionally hold the plates in position upon the shoe proper.

The modified form of heel-plate shown in Fig. 7 consists of separate plates 24 and 25, carrying separate rear heel-calk 2b and forward heel-calk 27.

It will be seen that my invention as just go outlined differs from the ordinary auxiliary calk-plate corresponding in shape to the shoe proper in that it provides for separate and independent plates carrying the toe and heel calks, so that if one calk wears away quicker 5 than the others it can be quickly removed and a new one substituted without disturbing the others, thereby eifecting a great saving in the use of these appliances. Then, too, my improved me'ansof separate securement of I00 the plates to the shoe proper renders their removable attachment a rapid and simple matter, while at the same time their accidental detachment is impossible.

I claim- 1. In a horseshoe a separate and independent toe or heel plate having mortised engagement at one end with the shoe proper and provided with an integral lug adjacent to the screw-hole adapted to be bent over upon the securing-screw to prevent its accidental removal.

2. In a horseshoe a separate and independent toe-plate having mortised engagement at its front end with the shoe proper and provided at its rear end with an integral lug adapted to be bent over into engagement with the shoe proper and an integral lug adjacent to the screw-hole adapted to be bent over upon the securing-screw to prevent its accidental removal.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN DREW.

\Vitnesses:

WM. S. SERvIs, W. T. MILLER. 

